--- title: Furries: Morning Joe Host Mika Brzezinski Loses Composure description: Co-host of the show "Morning Joe" loses it on-air after learning the definition of a "furry." canonical: https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-09T19:57:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:08.887Z og:title: Watch: Mika Brzezinski Loses It On 'Morning Joe' After Learning What a Furry Is og:description: Co-host of the show "Morning Joe" loses it on-air after learning the definition of a "furry." og:url: https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta462c840bd267b34/69876dba5f570f6d4bb1415b/screen-shot-2014-12-09-at-2-55-18-pm1.png?branch=production&width=716&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 716 og:image:height: 403 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-12-09 at 2.55.18 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: Mika Brzezinski Loses It On 'Morning Joe' After Learning What a Furry Is twitter:description: Co-host of the show "Morning Joe" loses it on-air after learning the definition of a "furry." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta462c840bd267b34/69876dba5f570f6d4bb1415b/screen-shot-2014-12-09-at-2-55-18-pm1.png?branch=production&width=716&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: _Morning Joe_ Co-Host Loses It On Air After Learning What a Furry Is > Sponsored content. 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And sometimes that epiphany happens on live television, for all to GIF. _Morning Joe_ co-host Mika Brzezinski had such a moment yesterday—and it’s still going viral on Facebook. The co-hosts were discussing an [incident](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-19-hospitalized-thousands-evacuated-in-gas-leak-at-rosemont-hotel-20141207-story.html) that took place at a Chicago convention center this weekend, when an apparently deliberate release of noxious chemicals forced an evacuation of thousands of convention-goers. The convention, Midwest FurFest, is the second largest gathering of people who are interested, according to the [website](http://www.midwestfurryfandom.org/) for Midwest Furry Fandom, Inc., in “facilitat\[ing\] education in anthropomorphic literature, art and performance.” **MORE:** [Chlorine Gas Sickens 19 at Furries Convention](http://time.com/3622711/chlorine-gas-sickens-19-at-furries-convention/) Many furries dress in animal costumes, and it was these images of people in fox, lion and bear suits that seems to have sent Brzezinski into a fit of giggles. She covers her face to hide it before fleeing from the set to regain composure. Convention-goers were undeterred by the hiccup in their weekend plans. Organizers released a statement, according to the [_Chicago Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-19-hospitalized-thousands-evacuated-in-gas-leak-at-rosemont-hotel-20141207-story.html), that they planned to “give 110% to make sure that the fun, friendship, and good times of Midwest FurFest 2014 overshadow last night’s unfortunate incident.” Co-host Willie Geist, to his credit, kept a straight face throughout the segment. _Read next:_ [_Watch a Little Girl Stand Up to Gaston From Beauty and the Beast at Disney World_](http://time.com/3625390/little-girl-sexist-gaston-disney-world/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/"},"headline":"Watch: Morning Joe Co-Host Loses It On Air After Learning What a Furry Is","datePublished":"2014-12-09T19:57:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:08.887Z","description":"She just couldn't handle the truth.","url":"https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta462c840bd267b34/69876dba5f570f6d4bb1415b/screen-shot-2014-12-09-at-2-55-18-pm1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta462c840bd267b34/69876dba5f570f6d4bb1415b/screen-shot-2014-12-09-at-2-55-18-pm1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-12-09 at 2.55.18 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3626013/morning-joe-furry/","name":"Watch: Morning Joe Co-Host Loses It On Air After Learning What a Furry Is"}}]}] ```